Mayor Paul Soglin and José J. Madera, Chair of the Madison Arts Commission, host a meeting about the Mayor's ideas for strengthening Madison's Music Infrastructure. The goals of the Mayor's initiatives are to engage the citizen musician in creative place making, lead to increased economic development, help generate more cultural tourism, attract and retain a creative workforce, and generally make Madison a greater place to live, work, & play.

Get ready for a fast paced workshop where 3 neighborhood leaders will flip through slides of their great places. Ever wonder how neighbors got together and made it all happen? Have an idea to share and want to know how to get it off the ground? Question and answer will follow the slideshow with a panel of neighborhood leaders who can help your group create its own great places.

This session of Mayor Soglin's 2012 Neighborhood Conference features 5th District Alder Shiva Bidar-Sielaff and 11th District Alder Chris Schmidt discussing how accomplishing your neighborhood goals and objectives requires working effectively with elected officials. This workshop discusses the role of elected officials, tapping into staff or fiscal resources, and strategies for getting neighborhood issues addressed.

This session of Mayor Soglin's 2012 Neighborhood Conference features Madison Mayor Paul Soglin discussing "placemaking." Placemaking is not just the act of building or fixing up a space; it is a process that fosters the creation of vital public destinations-the kind of places where people feel a strong stake in their communities and commitment to making things better. Building on community assets, promoting interactions, and integrating elements of people's health, safety, economic well-being, and personal/business engagement is paramount.

This session of Mayor Soglin's 2012 Neighborhood Conference features Fred Kent, President of Project for Public Spaces, discussing the concept of the Power of 10 in relation to Madison neighborhoods. At the core of this concept is the idea that any great place needs to offer at least 10 things to do or 10 reasons to be there. He discusses how to move ideas into reality by using a place-based strategy.

Madison Mayor Paul Soglin, Police Chief Noble Wray, Urban League of Greater Madison President Kaleem Caire, and partners from other community service agencies address the escalating level of violence in Madison in the past weeks and months. Officials discuss this issue, the importance of public awareness and steps being taken to curtail this.

Madison Mayor Paul Soglin and Dane County Executive Joe Parisi announce that Dane County residents will now have 10 Safe Communities MedDrop locations to get rid of potentially dangerous expired, unused or unwanted medicine. Poisoning deaths are Dane County's number one cause of injury-related death, killing more Dane County residents than automobile crashes.

Since the mid-1990's from Boston to Sacramento, local cities and schools have redefined their relationship. In some cities, such as Chicago and New York, mayors have statutorily controlled administrative policies of schools. In other cities, team building between the city and the school district was established.

At this press conference, Mayor Soglin discusses the development of a team building process between the City of Madison, the Madison Metropolitan School District and the private sector.